2016, when Islamic terrorism was still the big bad and western media was praising France for their anti-terror re-education program. this shit sounds a lot creepier than vocational training, too. nothing from Adrian Zenz about France though, curious!

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      there are as many options as you care to dream up to approach it, but a solution that focuses on material conditions (and lets most students go home on evenings and weekends!) seems worth critically supporting over drone strikes. kind of moot now since apparently the reeducation program ended last December, probably because there's been a big reduction in separatist attacks compared to the waves of bombings and stabbings of the early 2010s. during the same timeframe they've also poured 10s of billions into the region aimed at helping rural poor, and developed infrastructure connections to improve regional trade with the rest of the country. that said I look forward to the day when I can be more critical of AES states because the USA has balkanized or can no longer meaningfully project power beyond its own borders